Democrats get
moderate ·praise
from AACP
Fred R .Iheed AACP
director of eOOllOaUc de\dop­
ment aid state committee
By�
Cheryl Lynn Gamer, 27, was
Anti-Ca I rio born d raised in Gary, In<liana
and has lived i Kalamazoo for
group - to rally three years, She is single and has
. brothers, Derric and Dar-
ry (grown) both curre at-
te ding couege.
Her paren Whit Gareer Jr.
and Mario Elizabeth, both died
ill 1983. Instead of mourning
o their deaths, Cheryl is using
I the' memory a catalyst in her
life and career to do all tha she
canto
· h IOmeth" the Id.
. <lIeryi d a goal in life to be-
co a Tele . . Anchor
Reporter, rked toward
that goal aad i , becoming a
reality. She been em d
for nearly three year ' . t
reductio will maease sig- WWMT-TV (]alonel 3, (CBS
n�caD,"' 1988-89, Vaughn affiliate) i.o KII,m,zoo a field
reporter.
Sh.e ha experience as Cheryl i part owner of the
mornaag an�r .repor:ter,' ExpeIUe Mode . Agency in
camer pe mYeStIga- MerriUviDe IadiaDa '
• liticaI,' � 0 , rep-
tlVe, po aeature reports, . resents fash' mode for Print
and other wri' and e·' and F . Sh ,
She also was editor and Cheryl attended Lew Wal-
P!'oducec. for .W�: 1V at In- lace High School and gr duated
diana UnMllaty; resideot - in 1978 nd ia 1982 he
taD� for W� �drangJe t �uated from Indiana Univer- 0
Indiana UnJYer where she sity and received double
respo ible for 52 uader- B chelor of Science degrees in
gr duate womeD. and provided Journal' m and P chology.
P_CTSO� counselang; �d ad- Clleryl's one goal DOW' to
VISOr ID ��e of � staff get additional anchoring ex­
for publicatjon �f �I-wee Iy perienee. She loves her job and
newsletter; mode IDStructor would not trade' for the rid.
for three years fOl' Joim Robert
Powers Modeling School, where
ta t modeli cl 1Ift1!l' tIL�
iDte . ed, nd selected
prospectWe students,
Her-beat . report' city
d i <lea'
itb a heahtiy family. Sh�
receatly d opportuDily to
do a seri 011 marriage.
Before . to Kalamazoo
director, producer
a d cbor perso fo U.S.
Cable of rn S
Worked ei t bo a day
free, Bec:a deter-
miaed to get the experieDce that
e Deeded. Sbe 0 eel a
U ff of OIaOltoa',
needed to do more.
In its fust report to the
NAACP, Rasheed·said, the
D C ted that· 1987, the
W· headquarters staff
employed 2S Blacks out of a
total personael of 91 perso
represc:Dtil· • aearIy 30 percent
Of the top 10 0 .0 two
B 0 Of the 29 peno
D . pos'.
are B d of the 30 reauu-
cU'profesUonal Staff perso
eight are Blae . The NDC
.reported that of S15O,495.06
pent ia purcb e Or 1987,
022.47 . B
don.. I
Re&U • July COIlW:Il-
tio i AtlaDta, tbe NDC
repqrted that 18 of SO Den5Cml
. cd, to arc B repre-
sealtil' • 36 perceDl. For the At-
.. CoaYeatioo Co .
tee, 21 of 41 persoDS hired, to
date, are • • 51 per-
cent, 0 emphasized.
. rity p.rticipatioo in
the convention coDtracting
progr�m, S274,788.45 of the
S7OO,989.51 pent for purchases,
been CODtractcd . Black
1�1doI1 re 392 per- �
cent, the Party reported to
NAACP.
TV
The Michigan Clergy
Coalitio Against Casino
Gamb" a
rally opposi casinos on
SA TURDA Y, JULY 30
&0 2"00 to 3:30 P t Ken­
nedy Square ia ciowDtown
I Detro·
IJ
89 scJ.ool year. B
I i ple e taf ODI of furtber
I 0
3
aad served field
She and her brothers are un­
like many other )IOUDg peop
their age . Because of their
reli beliefs, she has learned
to 100 at the positiYe ide of
ituatioas. She also ys, fa •
and sexism are still big problems
in televis' but the doors are
open tor minorities and omen.
Hard 0 d pi1 • ence will
br dowD :be barriers and
bard to ma me-
of IiYe beca
pa morethan
t .
God
cuhear.
Congrat tions and be t
Chctyl Gamer for COD­
tiDued suc:c:ea.
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